Trump reportedly says ‘Israel did not do the right thing’ in Soleimani attack

16 December 2021, 4:37 pm

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Illustrative: A supporter of the Hezbollah terror group uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of photo of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, February 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Then-US president Donald Trump was reportedly unhappy with Israel’s level of involvement in the targeted assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.

According to an Axios report, Trump had expected that Israel and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be more active in the operation.

“Israel did not do the right thing,” Trump told reporter Barak Ravid in an interview for Ravid’s upcoming book. “I can’t talk about this story. But I was very disappointed in Israel having to do with that event… People will be hearing about that at the right time.”

A former US official told Ravid that Trump griped that Netanyahu was “willing to fight Iran to the last American soldier.”